25 Hawaiian Side Dishes That Will Leave You Drooling

In addition, most of these side dishes do not require you to have special cooking skills since they are super easy to prepare. 

The Hawaiian side dishes you can make are Hawaiian mango bread, Hawaiian beef teriyaki, pineapple salsa, Hawaiian-style chicken, long rice, etc.

Hawaiian foods are diverse in their cooking techniques, ingredients, and flavor since most Hawaiian cuisines are influenced by different cultures like Korean, Japanese, Chinese, etc. 

To avoid any future regrets, ensure you try these drool-worthy Hawaiian side dishes. 

Quick Table: 25 Hawaiian Side Dishes

Recipes	Calories (Per Serving)	Total Preparation Time
Hawaiian Roasted Vegetables	125	15 Minutes
Grilled Corn Avocado Salad	380	10 Minutes
Hawaiian Luau Rice	256	10 Minutes
Pineapple Salsa	54	20 Minutes
Blue Hawaiian	401	5 Minutes
Shoyu Ahi Poke	476	10 Minutes
Hawaii’s Local-Style Chow Fun	380	15 Minutes
Hawaiian Mango Bread	164.8	10 Minutes
Hawaiian Banana Bread	234	10 Minutes
Mashed Okinawan Sweet Potato	213	15 Minutes
Slow Cooker Hawaiian Meatballs	285	5 Minutes
Pineapple Rice	115	10 Minutes
Furikake Chex Mix	124	15 Minutes
Orange Coconut Salad	100	5 Minutes
Hawaiian Coconut Pudding	22	15 Minutes
Hawaiian French Toast	654	10 Minutes
Hawaiian Macaroni Salad	563	20 Minutes
Hawaiian Chicken Kabobs	228	20 Minutes
Crockpot Kalua Pork With Cabbage	173	10 Minutes
Hawaiian Beef Teriyaki	431	6 Hours
Spam Musubi	317	25 Minutes
Spicy Sweet Bacon-Wrapped Pineapple Bites	123	10 Minutes
Hawaiian-Style Chicken Long Rice	479	10 Minutes
Shoyu Chicken	364	5 Minutes
Samoan Coconut Rolls	191	10 Minutes

1. Hawaiian Roasted Vegetables

The best Hawaiian side dish that is healthy and will complement any main dish is Hawaiian roasted vegetables. 

The primary veggies used when making Hawaiian vegetables are broccoli, bell peppers, squash, purple onion, cauliflower, green beans, shredded cabbage, carrots, and asparagus. 

The more veggies you use, the more flavorful and colorful your dish. 

The good thing about this dish is you can serve it with anything you want. You can enjoy this delicacy with grilled chicken, fried rice, pork chops, or roasted quinoa. 

For this recipe, you will need a vegetable blend, pineapple juice, brown sugar, chopped ginger, olive oil, pineapple chunks, and minced garlic. 

Calories Per Serving: 125

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

2. Grilled Corn Avocado Salad

If you do not know what side dish will go perfectly with your barbecue, try grilled corn avocado salad, and you will not regret it. 

You will love it even more when you see how simple and quick it is to prepare. You do not have to worry about your avocados when making this dish ahead of time since the lime juice dressing will keep them fresh and green. 

To make this salad vegan, you can leave out the feta. 

To prepare this recipe, you will need lime juice, dried chili flakes, olive oil, salt, minced garlic clove, ground black pepper, cherry tomatoes, chopped cilantro, avocados, feta, and grilled corn. 

Then, you can enjoy your grilled corn avocado salad with roasted chicken and fried rice. 

Calories Per Serving: 380

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

3. Hawaiian Luau Rice

The Hawaiian luau rice has a little of everything. It has a little sweetness, a little savory, and tropical. In addition, it is a fun and easy way to compliment your delicious fish or chicken. 

This easy-to-make dish will not require much of your time or effort. 

For the best results, it would be best to use day-old long basmati rice when making this dish. You can be sure your guest will keep coming for more if you prepare this dish for a party. 

What you will love about this recipe is that its ingredients are easily accessible. 

Calories Per Serving: 256

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

4. Pineapple Salsa

The best way to enjoy your fried chips is by having them with delicious and colorful pineapple salsa. 

This recipe is easy-to-make and contains fresh pineapples, jalapeno, tomatoes, cilantro, and red onions. For this recipe, it would be best to use fresh pineapples, not canned or frozen ones. 

In addition, it would be best to remove the core of your tomatoes to ensure it has a scoopable texture. 

If you want your pineapple salsa to be more flavorful, make it ahead of time and store it in the fridge to allow the flavors to blend. 

Calories Per Serving: 54

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes

5. Blue Hawaiian 

A picnic can never be complete without blue Hawaiian. You can be sure your wife will love the feeling of this mind-blowing cocktail going down her throat. 

You can enjoy this drink or have it with chicken souvlaki after a meal. Blue Hawaiian is made using pineapples, rum, blue Curacao, coconut, and vodka. 

The beautiful blue color makes it the perfect drink for any party. The recipe uses both rum and vodka since vodka ensures that the taste of rum is not overpowering. 

In addition, adding pineapple juice adds sweetness to the drink. 

Calories Per Serving: 401

Preparation Time: 5 Minutes

6. Shoyu Ahi Poke

This traditional Hawaiian cuisine consists of soy sauce, sashimi-grade ahi tuna, sesame oil, scallions, sweet onion, and chopped macadamia nuts. It is a side dish with incredible flavor balance and is simple to make. 

Poke, which translates to slice or cut, is a Hawaiian dish made with raw fish and mainly served as an appetizer. 

If you want to add a little heat to this recipe, add gochugaru to your recipe. Then, you can have your delicious shoyu Ahi Poke with fried rice and roasted potatoes. 

Calories Per Serving: 476

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

7. Hawaii’s Local-Style Chow Fun

If you visit Hawaii, this dish is a must-try. However, you can replicate this delicacy at home and enjoy it with fried rice and grilled chicken. 

Luckily it is simple to prepare and won’t take much of your time. It contains veggies seasoned with oyster sauce, many black peppers, soy sauce, and garlic. 

Local-style chow fun is less dry and saucy than regular dry chow fun. For this recipe, you will use four main veggies: mung bean sprouts, carrots, green onions, and cabbage. 

To ensure the veggies cook perfectly, you will start by adding carrots, followed by cabbage, then mung bean sprouts, and finally green onions. 

Calories Per Serving: 380

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

8. Hawaiian Mango Bread

If you think Hawaiian banana bread is delicious, try these drool-worthy Hawaiian mango bread. Hawaiian mango bread is extra tasty and moist due to the addition of avocado oil. 

The good thing about this recipe is that it is effortless and will not take much time. When making this recipe, you can use fresh mango or frozen. 

When using frozen mango, ensure you thaw it and drain all the excess liquid to avoid the puree from being watery. 

The ingredients you will use to make this recipe are all-purpose flour, ground cinnamon, sea salt, mango puree, baking soda, eggs, rum, mango puree, avocado oil, vanilla extract, and sugar. 

You can serve Hawaiian mango bread with grilled corn avocado salad and a hot cup of coffee. 

Calories Per Serving: 164.8

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

9. Hawaiian Banana Bread

Who would not like the combination of cinnamon, bananas, nuts, and pineapple? No one wouldn’t want to wake up to this delicacy. 

They are moist and soft with loads of flavor and the perfect amount of crunch. You will not have enough of them when you eat them with hot cappuccino coffee. 

It would be best to use crushed pineapples as they will evenly distribute through the batter. Cinnamon will complement the whole bread by adding a warm undertone. 

For this recipe, you will need white sugar, all-purpose flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, chopped walnuts, crushed pineapples, eggs, vanilla, vegetable oil, maraschino cherries, and bananas. 

Calories Per Serving: 234

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

10. Mashed Okinawan Sweet Potato

You can be sure that the mouth-watering taste of this dish will wow you. Its sweet honey-like flavor will be irresistible even to the pickiest eater. 

They are unique, super delicious, and easy to make, thus making them the perfect side dish for any meal. On the inside of this dish is magenta-purple, while on the outside, it is creamy beige. 

The more these sweet potatoes cook, the more intense the purple color becomes. They are also healthy since they are full of antioxidants and nutrients. 

You will use sea salt, Okinawan sweet potatoes, half and half, black pepper, and unsalted butter. This delicacy will go well with roasted chicken or pita bread. 

Calories Per Serving: 213

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

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11. Slow Cooker Hawaiian Meatballs

If you want the perfect crowd pleaser for your party, ensure you prepare these delicious Hawaiian meatballs. These meatballs are tangy and rich with the perfect blend of sweet and sour tastes that is addicting. 

You can serve them over Hawaiian luau rice and top it with green onions. What you will love about this recipe is that it is super easy to prepare and only requires three ingredients to make. 

These ingredients are a can of frozen meatballs, pineapple, and BBQ sauce.

Calories Per Serving: 285

Preparation Time: 5 Minutes

12. Pineapple Rice

If you want the best combination of spicy and sweet, there is no better dish to prepare than pineapple rice. 

It is savory, incredibly yummy, sweet, and spicy. Pair this delicacy with spicy honey chicken, and you will have the dinner treat of a lifetime. 

The ingredients for making this delicious dish are butter, water, sugar, kosher salt, crushed pineapples, rice, cilantro, red pepper flakes, and lime. 

The crushed pineapples provide texture and sweetness to the dish. In addition, to balance out the sweetness, add red pepper flakes. The purpose of the lime is to add freshness to the rice. 

Calories Per Serving: 115

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

13. Furikake Chex Mix

Despite its complex name, this dish is simple and fast to make. It is a Hawaii snack that is sweet and salty, and you can make it from chips and cereals. 

To differentiate it from the regular Chex mix, you will toss the snack with furikake and savory and sweet butter-soy sauce. 

It is the perfect snack to have for breakfast with hot coffee since it keeps you full for a long time. 

For this recipe, you will need honeycomb cereal, wheat Chex, butter, corn Chex, bugles, sugar, vegetable oil, Karo syrup, Fritos, soy sauce, bugles, furikake, and pretzels. 

Calories Per Serving: 124 

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

14. Orange Coconut Salad

If you want a versatile, sweet salad with low calories, orange coconut salad will meet all those requirements. 

You can serve it as breakfast, dinner, or lunch. It perfectly combines oranges, Greek yogurt, and coconut to produce an incredibly delicious salad. 

Add whipped cream, summer berries, crushed pineapples, nuts, or maraschino cherries for more flavor. 

If you want to have a decadent dinner treat, serve you fried rice and grilled chicken with this drool-worthy orange coconut salad. 

Calories Per Serving: 100

Preparation Time: 5 Minutes

15. Hawaiian Coconut Pudding

People love this creamy, smooth Hawaiian dessert since it is so versatile. You can add it to almost anything that you want to have a coconut taste. 

This delicacy is made from coconut milk and is mainly served as a pudding. 

The ingredients needed to prepare Hawaiian coconut pudding are thickeners like cornstarch, coconut milk, water, and sugar. 

If you use cream of coconut instead of coconut milk, you will not need to add sugar since it is the sweetened coconut cream version. 

This delicious Hawaiian coconut pudding will go perfectly with Hawaiian banana bread. 

Calories Per Serving: 22

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

16. Hawaiian French Toast

When you visit Hawaii, have breakfast in Hukilau café and get served with this lip-smacking Hawaiian French toast. 

The good thing is that you can easily make this delicacy at home using coconut and macadamia nuts. 

When you taste this delightful French toast, you will notice that every bite is full of tropical island flavor.

The secret to having the best Hawaiian French toast lies in the syrup you use. It would be best to use homemade coconut syrup containing butter, sugar, vanilla extract, and coconut Greek yogurt. 

Then, you can enjoy your Hawaiian French toast with mashed Okinawan sweet potatoes. 

Calories Per Serving: 654

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

17. Hawaiian Macaroni Salad

Hawaiian macaroni salad is the real deal if you want a delicious salad that will ignite your dinner. 

If you have BBQ, this is the side dish to prepare. People love this side dish because it is effortless, flavorful, and creamy. 

Use Hellman’s vegan Mayonnaise instead of the regular mayo for a vegan Hawaiian macaroni salad. 

In addition, substitute the Mayonnaise with Greek yogurt if you want a healthy Hawaiian mac salad. Finally, you can enjoy this delicacy with fried rice and roasted chicken.

Calories Per Serving: 563

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes

18. Hawaiian Chicken Kabobs

If you want a colorful and flavorful summertime, Hawaiian chicken kabobs should be at the top of the dishes you prepare. 

They are incredibly delicious and have an alluring appearance that you cannot resist. This delicacy’s deliciousness and attractive appearance make them the perfect dish for summertime parties. 

It would be best to make the marinade you will use ahead of time to allow the flavors to blend. 

What you will love about this recipe is that it is simple to make, and you can enjoy it with any dish you want, like fried rice or roasted potatoes. 

Calories Per Serving: 228

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes

19. Crockpot Kalua Pork With Cabbage

This dish is a Hawaiian cuisine that is mainly served at Luaus. This version tastes like shredded kalua pig, and you will make it in a slow cooker. 

Unlike the traditional kalua pork, this crockpot kalua pork is not time-consuming and requires less effort. 

The best part about this recipe is that it requires few ingredients which are easily accessible. These ingredients are liquid smoke, pork roast, coarsely chopped cabbage, kosher salt, and water. 

So, you can serve this delicious crockpot kalua pork with cabbages over fried rice. 

Calories Per Serving: 173

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

20. Hawaiian Beef Teriyaki

What better way to enjoy a movie night with your friends than having this flavorful, tender, and juicy Hawaiian beef teriyaki with fried rice? 

You will love it since it is simple to make. Even though it is time-consuming, it is worth it. 

The ingredients you will need to prepare Hawaiian beef teriyaki are soy sauce, thinly sliced skirt steak, garlic cloves, pineapple chunks with juice, minced ginger, brown sugar, sesame seeds, and your favorite veggies.

If you want a thicker sauce, whisk a cornstarch mixture in the sauce and bring it to a boil. You can store the leftovers in an airtight container and place them in the fridge. They can last for three days. 

Calories Per Serving: 431

Preparation Time: 6 Hours

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21. Spam Musubi

It is one of the best Hawaiian side dishes famous in Hawaii. The good thing is that you do not have to travel to Hawaii to have this delicacy. Instead, you can make it at home, which is simple and fast to prepare. 

If you are wondering what spam is, it is canned ham meat. You can enjoy this delicious spam musubi with rice or noodles. 

The ingredients you will need to make this breathtaking spam musubi dish are soy sauce, spam, nori roasted seaweed, oyster sauce, sugar, and cooked sushi rice. 

Calories Per Serving: 317

Preparation Time: 25 Minutes

22. Spicy Sweet Bacon Wrapped Pineapple Bites

Be sure that you will drool with the look of this tasty delicacy. This delicacy has a delicious appearance that no one can resist. 

These spicy sweet bacon-wrapped pineapple bites will become your favorite if you love bacon. These bites are sticky, juicy, spicy, and sweet. 

It is simple to prepare this delicious recipe and is not time-consuming. Pairing this delicacy with your delicious Hawaiian mango bread will result in a decadent breakfast treat. 

This recipe will need pineapple, hot sauce, bacon, and sugar. 

Calories Per Serving: 123

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

23. Hawaiian Style Chicken Long Rice

Hawaiian-style chicken long rice will give you a memorable treat if you want a fantastic light side dish for your grilled chicken. 

Initially, this dish was Chinese cuisine, but Hawaiians adapted it, and it became popular mainly at Luaus. 

The ingredients to make this recipe are minced garlic, chicken broth, sugar, soy sauce, sliced green onion, boneless and skinless chicken thighs, grated ginger, and bean thread noodles. 

If you want this dish to be gluten-free, ensure you use gluten-free chicken broth and soy sauce. The good thing is that this dish can go well with any Hawaiian cuisine, like Hawaiian beef teriyaki. 

Calories Per Serving: 479

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

24. Shoyu Chicken

What better way to enjoy your fried rice than with chicken thighs perfectly simmered in a savory and sweet shoyu sauce? 

To prevent the saltiness of the shoyu from being overbearing, add sugar to add sweetness to the dish. 

The difference between shoyu chicken and teriyaki chicken is that shoyu chicken gets simmered in the sauce instead of being baked or grilled. 

For this recipe, you will need sugar, chicken thighs, water, soy sauce, green onions, garlic, ginger, sesame seeds, and red pepper flakes. 

Calories Per Serving: 364

Preparation Time: 5 Minutes

25. Samoan Coconut Rolls

There is no better way to start your day than waking up to these delicious Samoan coconut rolls. Even though it is a Samoan dish, it is famous in Hawaii. 

To make this recipe, you will soak the soft, fluffy, gooey light yeast rolls in a sweet coconut syrup and bake them until golden at the top. 

The ingredients you will need to make these rolls are butter, all-purpose flour, salt, and active dry yeast. In addition, for the coconut syrup mixture, you will need coconut milk and sugar. 

Finally, you can serve these incredibly delicious rolls with grilled corn avocado salad alongside hot cappuccino coffee. 

Calories Per Serving: 191

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

Frequently Asked Questions

Why Do People Love Hawaiian Side Dishes?

One of the main reasons people love Hawaiian side dishes is because of their mind-blowing deliciousness. 

In addition, most of the side dishes are simple and fast to make. Furthermore, most of these dishes are healthy.

What Are The Best Hawaiian Side Dishes You Can Try?

Most Hawaiian side dishes are flavorful, healthy, and easy to make. Therefore, most of them are worth your time and effort. 

The Hawaiian side dish that best suits you depends on what you like. You can be sure that there will always be Hawaiian side dishes for everyone. 

Are There Any Vegan Hawaiian Side Dishes?

One thing you can be sure of is that Hawaiian has something for everyone. If you are on a vegan diet, you can find healthy, delicious vegan Hawaiian side dishes. 

For example, you can try mashed Okinawan sweet potato, Hawaiian roasted vegetables, spicy-sweet bacon-wrapped pineapple bites, etc.